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Two- syllable verbs

Hi,
In the present continuous tense, with two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, we double the constant and add ing
Please give me examples for two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, also for those two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the first syllable.
Many thanks,
Joe

Re: Two- syllable verbs

eschew ->eschewwing!??!?!? oh hell no
'eschewing' is correct I think. From the question you asked it was the only answer that I could come up with off the top of my head: and it doesn't fit your rule!!!!

Sorry Joseph, there is no real rule on spelling conjugations. Any rule you make will break down. You are better to just remember the words that you use often, and buy the biggest dictionary you can find for the rest.

Re: Two- syllable verbs

Originally Posted by joseph boulos

Hi,
In the present continuous tense, with two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, we double the constant and add ing
Please give me examples for two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, also for those two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the first syllable.
Many thanks,
Joe

In AmE, we have some rules for doubling terminal consonants before adding a suffix. There are, however, many exceptions. There are also consonants that are never doubled: c, h, j, q, w, x. When a word ending in c calls for a doubling, we add k. I believe that the BrE rules are different.

With consonants that can be doubled, we usually double the terminal consonant only when the the stress is on the last or only syllable and the vowel in that syllable is short.

Re: Two- syllable verbs

I believe that in a teaching context, especially for ESL, the effort required to remember all the damn rules like this is just as much or greater than remembering the words themselves!!! (And my ESL wife is agreeing with me as I type)

Re: Two- syllable verbs

Originally Posted by JSmiley

I believe that in a teaching context, especially for ESL, the effort required to remember all the damn rules like this is just as much or greater than remembering the words themselves!!! (And my ESL wife is agreeing with me as I type)

Re: Two- syllable verbs

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

I was taught this rule in grammar school and still use it daily.

Fair enough, but the point still stands that if you are not a native speaker and not going through grammar school (I'm sure the place I wrote that rule in my grade 9 notes has been blurred out by a puddle of drool at some point) these rules become quite overbearing.

Personally I learned all this by reading several thousand pages per year when I was younger. It just kind of filtered in.

Okay, Im being a troll, sorry Mike. I should just shut up and let the knowledgeable people talk.

Re: Two- syllable verbs

Originally Posted by JSmiley

Fair enough, but the point still stands that if you are not a native speaker and not going through grammar school (I'm sure the place I wrote that rule in my grade 9 notes has been blurred out by a puddle of drool at some point) these rules become quite overbearing.

Personally I learned all this by reading several thousand pages per year when I was younger. It just kind of filtered in.

Okay, Im being a troll, sorry Mike. I should just shut up and let the knowledgeable people talk.

Jesse

No, you're not being a troll at all. I understnd yout point about too many rules. Some rules of thumb can be very useful, however.